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|Definition=(See also [[χράω]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">C</span> Med. [[χράομαι]], Att. [[χρῶμαι]], [[χρῇ]] prob. in <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Hp.Mi.</span>369a</span>, χρῆται <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1028</span> (anap.), etc. (also Trag., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>953</span>), [[χρώμεθα]], [[χρῆσθε]], [[χρῶνται]], <span class="bibl">And.4.6</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">La.</span>194c</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.70</span>, etc.; Dor. χρέομαι <span class="bibl">Sophr.126</span>; Ion. χρᾶται <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.132</span>, al. (so in later Prose, <span class="bibl">Iamb. <span class="title">in Nic.</span>p.28</span> P.); [[χρέεται]] [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.50</span>; χρέονται Hp.Aër.1; χρέωνται <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.34</span>, <span class="bibl">4.108</span>, al.; χρείωνται <span class="bibl">Heraclit.104</span>; opt. χρῴμην, χρῷο <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Cri.</span>45b</span>, χρῷτο Gorg.<span class="title">Fr.</span>20, etc.; Ion. χρέοιτο <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Acut.</span>56</span>; imper. χρῶ <span class="bibl">Democr.270</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>212</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.1.34</span>, Ion. χρέο Hp.<span class="title">Steril.</span>230, <span class="bibl">Hdt. 1.155</span> ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[χρέω]], as in Hp.<span class="title">Acut.</span> (<span class="title">Sp.</span>) <span class="bibl">62</span>); 3sg. Dor. χρηείσθω <span class="title">SIG</span> 1009.7 (Chalcedon, iii/ii B. C.); 2pl. χρῆσθε <span class="bibl">And.1.11</span>; 3pl. χρήσθων <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>439</span> ([[si vera lectio|s. v.l.]]; v. infr.<span class="bibl">111.4b</span>), <span class="bibl">Th.5.18</span>; χρώσθων <span class="title">IG</span>12.122.5; Dor. χρόνσθω <span class="title">Mnemos.</span>57.208 (Argos, vi B. C.); inf. Att. and Ion. χρῆσθαι <span class="title">IG</span>12.57.19, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1040</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.25.20</span>, <span class="title">SIG</span>57.5 (Milet., v B. C.), <span class="title">IG</span>12(5).593 <span class="title">A</span>12 (Ceos, v B. C.); Ion. and Hellenistic χρᾶσθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt. 2.15</span>, <span class="bibl">3.20</span>, al., <span class="title">IG</span>12(5).606.9 (Ceos, iv/iii B. C.), <span class="title">SIG</span>344.50 (Teos, iv B. C.), 1106.80 (Cos, iv/iii B. C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>299.10</span> (iii B. C.), <span class="title">OGI</span>214.19 (Didyma, iii B. C.), <span class="title">IG</span>22.1325.24 (both forms in Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1.66S. and Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>, χρῆσθαι <span class="bibl">57.35</span>, al., χρᾶσθαι <span class="bibl">53.49</span>, al.), Ion. [[χρέεσθαι]] as [[varia lectio|v.l.]] for [[χρῆσθαι]] <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.21</span>, <span class="bibl">187</span>, al. ([[χρῆσθαι]] ib.<span class="bibl">153</span> codd.), so in Arc., <span class="title">IG</span>5 (2).514.14 (Lycosura, ii B. C.), Elean χρηῆσται <span class="title">Inscr.Olymp.</span>1.3 (vii/vi B. C.), Boeot. χρειεῖσθη <span class="title">IG</span>7.3169 (Orchom., iii B. C.); Locr. and Lacon. χρῆσται <span class="title">IG</span>9(1).334.19, 23 (Oeanthea, v B. C.), 5(1).1317.8 (Thalamae, iv/iii B. C.); part. Att. χρώμενος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>655</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>12.81.6, etc.; Ep. and Ion. χρεώμενος <span class="bibl">Il.23.834</span> (as a dactyl), <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.108</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Acut.</span>18</span>, Dor. χρείμενος <span class="title">SIG</span>395.4, 438.11 (both Delph., iii B. C.), <span class="title">Berl.Sitzb.</span>1927.156 (Cyrene), χρήμενος <span class="title">Riv.Fil.</span>58.472 (Gortyn, iii B. C.), χρεύμενος <span class="title">SIG</span>1166.3 (Dodona): impf. Att. ἐχρώμην <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.63</span>, ἐχρῶ <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span> 111</span>, <span class="bibl">And.1.49</span>, ἐχρῆτο <span class="bibl">Th.1.130</span>, etc.; pl., ἐχρώμεθα <span class="bibl">Lys.<span class="title">Fr.</span>29</span>, ἐχρῶντο <span class="bibl">Antipho 6.28</span>, etc.; Ion. ἐχρᾶτο <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.173</span> ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[-ῆτο]]), <span class="bibl">3.3</span>, <span class="bibl">129</span>, al. (also found in <span class="bibl">Anaxipp.1.9</span> codd.Ath.), ἐχρέωντο <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.108</span>, al.: but ἐχρῆτο <span class="bibl">3.41</span> codd., <span class="bibl">Herod.6.55</span>, (προσ-) <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>3.17</span>.ά: fut. χρήσομαι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1133</span> (lyr.), etc.; also κεχρήσομαι <span class="bibl">Theoc.16.73</span>: aor. ἐχρησάμην <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>117</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.5.7</span>, al.: pf. [[κέχρημαι]] (v. infr. ''1''): aor. [[ἐχρήσθην]] in pass. sense (v. infr. vii):—in pf. [[κέχρημαι]] (with pres. sense) c. gen., [[desire]], [[yearn after]], the usual sense in Ep., <b class="b3">οὔτ' εὐνῆς πρόφασιν κεχρημένος</b> (sc. [[αὐτῆς]]) οὔτε τευ ἄλλου <span class="bibl">Il.19.262</span>; νόστου κεχρημένον ἠδὲ γυναικός <span class="bibl">Od.1.13</span>; κομιδῆς κεχρημένοι ἄνδρες <span class="bibl">14.124</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">17.421</span>, <span class="bibl">20.378</span>, <span class="bibl">22.50</span>; μαντοσυνεων κεχρημένοι <span class="bibl">Emp.112.10</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> to [[be in want of]], [[lack]], τοῦ κεχρημένοι; <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1264</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>382</span> (troch.); [βορᾶς] κεχρημένοι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>98</span>; οὐ πόνων κεχρήμεθα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Med.</span>334</span>; τίνος κέχρησθε, γυναῖκες; <span class="bibl">Theoc.26.18</span>: fut., ὃς ἐμεῦ κεχρήσετ' ἀοιδοῦ <span class="bibl">Id.16.73</span>; <b class="b3">χρήσομεθα εἰς τὰ ἔργα καὶ ὁδοῦ . . καὶ ὕδατος</b> we <b class="b2">shall need . .</b>, <span class="title">SIG</span>1182.12 (Ephes., iii B. C.): freq. abs. in part. [[κεχρημένος]], [[lacking]], [[needy]], <span class="bibl">Od.14.155</span>, <span class="bibl">17.347</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>317</span>, <span class="bibl">500</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>327</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span> 717c</span>: but <b class="b3">κεχρηόσι δαίτης</b> is [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] for [[κεχαρηόσι]] in Nic.<span class="title">Fr.</span>70.18. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> pf. and plpf. [[κέχρημαι]], [[κεχρήμην]], in pres. and impf. sense, c. dat., [[enjoy]], [[have]], <b class="b3">φρεσὶ γὰρ κέχρητ' ἀγαθῇσι</b> (ν) <span class="bibl">Od.3.266</span>, <span class="bibl">14.421</span>, <span class="bibl">16.398</span>; [[αὕτη]] (sc. <b class="b3">ἡ χώρη</b>) ὕδασι κάλλιστα κέχρηται Hp.Aër.12; <b class="b3">ἡ καταδεεστέροις τούτοις</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τοῖς εἴδεσι</b>) κεχρημένη τραγῳδία <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Po.</span>1450a32</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">a13</span>, <span class="bibl">b33</span>; <b class="b3">ἄλλαις, μικραῖς διαφοραῖς</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1042b31</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Phgn.</span>809a8</span>; <b class="b3">ὑγροτέραις σαρξί</b> ib.<span class="bibl">b11</span>; <b class="b3">θριξὶ ξανθαῖς</b> ib.<span class="bibl">25</span>; καθαρωτάτῳ . . αἵματι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Resp.</span>477a21</span>; <b class="b3">τῶν . . πλαγίαις ταῖς ῥάβδοις κεχρημένων</b> (sc. [[ἰχθύων]]) <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>295</span>; εὐγενείᾳ κεχρημένος <span class="title">IG</span>42(1).83.10 (Epid., i A. D.); σφαιρικῷ ὄγκῳ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLit.Lond.</span>167.25</span> (ii/iii A. D.), cf. [[κεχρημένως]] (Addenda); so in pres., χρῶνται δειλαῖς φρεσὶ, δαίμονι δ' ἐσθλῷ <span class="bibl">Thgn.161</span>; [[μέρη]] τραγῳδίας, οἷς ὡς εἴδεσι δεῖ χρῆσθαι, πρότερον εἴπομεν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Po.</span>1452b14</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1458b14</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[use]], pres. once in Hom., abs., ἑξει μιν καὶ πέντε περιπλομένους ἐνιαυτοὺς χρεώμενος <span class="bibl">Il.23.834</span>: later mostly c. dat. (for acc. v. infr. VI), ἀκμαζούσῃ τῇ ῥώμῃ τῶν χειρῶν χρώμενος <span class="bibl">Antipho 4.3.3</span>; ἐσθῆτι τοιῇδε χρέωνται <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.195</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">202</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span> 1061</span> (anap.); διφασίοισι γράμμασι χ. <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.36</span>; <b class="b3">τοῖσιοὐνόμασι τῶν θεῶν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">52</span>; <b class="b3">πλατυτέροισι ἐχρέωντο τοῖσι πόμασι, ἐκ φρεάτων χρεώμενοι</b> ib. <span class="bibl">108</span>; <b class="b3">τοῖσι ἐποποιοῖσι χρεώμενον λέγειν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">120</span>; <b class="b3">ὅστις ἐμπύρῳ χρῆται τέχνῃ</b> [[consults]] burnt offerings, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>954</span>; <b class="b3">χ. ἀργυρίῳ</b> [[make use of]] money, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>333b</span>; ἀργύρῳ <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>822</span>; <b class="b3">χ. ἵπποις</b> [[manage]] them, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>2.10</span>; <b class="b3">χ. ἰχθύσι</b> [[use]] for food, Plu.2.668f; <b class="b3">οἴνῳ χ. ἐπὶ πλέον</b> ib.715d; <b class="b3">χ. ναυτιλίῃσι, θαλάσσῃ</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.43</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.3</span>; ὠνῇ καὶ πρήσι <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.153</span>; δρασμῷ <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.21</span>; τέχναις <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.10.1</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Oec.</span>4.4</span>; τῇ τέχνῃ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1029.25</span> (ii A. D.); <b class="b3">χρώμενοι τῇ πόλει</b> [[taking a part in]] politics, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>602</span>; ἐκκλησίαισιν ἦν ὅτ' οὐκ ἐχρώμεθα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>183</span>; <b class="b3">ἄλλον τρόπον τῇ πολιτείᾳ κέχρημαι</b>, = [[πεπολίτευμαι]], <span class="bibl">Hyp.<span class="title">Eux.</span>28</span>; φωνὴν δυναμένην ὄχλῳ χρῆσθαι <span class="bibl">Isoc.5.81</span>; <b class="b3">τῇ τραπέζῃ τῇ τοῦ πατρὸς ἐχρῆτο</b> he [[had dealings with]] my father's bank, <span class="bibl">D.52.3</span>; <b class="b3">χ. τοῖς πράγμασι καὶ τοῖς καιροῖς</b> [[administer]] them, <span class="bibl">Isoc.6.50</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[experience]], [[suffer]], [[be subject to]], esp. external events or conditions, δάμαρτος 'Ιππολύτας Ἀκάστου δολίαις τέχναισι χρησάμενος [[having experienced]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>4.58</span>; κείμεθ' ἀγηράντῳ χρώμενοι εὐλογίῃ <span class="bibl">Simon.100.4</span>; νιφετῷ <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.50</span>; στίβῃ καὶ νιφετῷ <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Epigr.</span>33.3</span>; χειμῶνι <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.21</span>, <span class="bibl">D.18.194</span>; λαίλαπι <span class="title">AP</span>7.503 (Leon.); <b class="b3">στυγεροῖς πνεύμασι</b> Epigr. ap. <span class="bibl">D.S.13.41</span> (iv B. C.); ἀνάγκῃ <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.22</span>; οἰκεῖα πράγματ' εἰσάγων, οἷς χρώμεθ', οἷς σύνεσμεν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>959</span>; γυναικῶν τῶν τοῖς τόκοις χρωμένων πλείοσιν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>582a24</span>; ἀπεψίαις χ. <span class="title">IG</span>42(1).126.4 (Epid., ii A. D.); ἑκὼν . . οὐδεὶς δουλίῳ χρῆται ζυγῷ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>953</span>; <b class="b3">νόμοισι χ</b>. [[live under]] laws, <span class="bibl">Hdt. 1.173</span>,<span class="bibl">216</span>, cf. <span class="title">IG</span>9(1).334.19 (Locr., v B. C.); νόμοις τοῖς ἰδίοις <span class="title">Riv.Fil.</span>58.472 (Gortyn, iii B. C.); ἀνομίᾳ <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.2.24</span>; γαλανείᾳ χρησάμενοι μανιάδων οἴστρων <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>546</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">χ. εὐμαρείᾳ</b> to [[be at]] ease, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>193</span> (but, [[ease]] oneself, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.35</span>); συντυχίῃ χ. <span class="bibl">Id.5.41</span>; τύχῃ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>714</span>, <span class="bibl">And.1.67</span>,<span class="bibl">120</span>; πολλῇ εὐτυχίᾳ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Men.</span>72a</span>; <b class="b3">πολλῇ τῇ νίκῃ χρῆται</b>, = [[παρὰ πολὺ νικᾷ]], <span class="bibl">And.4.31</span>; συμφορῇ κεχρημένος <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.42</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>347</span>; τοιούτῳ μόρῳ ἐχρήσατο ὁ παῖς <span class="bibl">Hdt. 1.117</span>; <b class="b3">θείῃ πομπῇ χρεώμενος</b> divinely sent, ib.<span class="bibl">62</span>; of mental conditions present in the subject, <b class="b3">τῷ χόλῳ χρέομαι</b> I [[feel]] anger, <span class="bibl">Sophr. 126</span>; λογισάμενος ἢν εὑρίσκῃ πλέω τε καὶ μέζω τὰ ἀδικήματα ἐόντα τῶν ὑποργημάτων, οὕτω τῷ θυμῷ χρᾶται <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.137</span>; <b class="b3">μὴ πάντα θυμῷ χρέο</b> ib.<span class="bibl">155</span>; ὀργῇ χρωμένη <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1241</span>; ὀργῇ μεγάλῃ μοι ἐχρήσω <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Jb.</span>10.17</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">19.11</span>, al.; <b class="b3">ἀγνωμοσύνῃ χρησάμενοι ἀπέστησαν</b> they stiffened their necks and . . <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.83</span>; <b class="b3">οἴησις γάρ, καὶ μάλιστα ἐν ἰητρικῇ, αἰτίην μὲντοῖσι κεχρημένοισιν, ὄλεθρον δὲ τοῖσι χρεωμένοισι ἐπιφέρει</b> vanity brings blame on its [[possessor]] (or [[victim]]) and ruin on those who [[consult]] him, Hp <span class="title">Decent.</span>4; πολλῇ ἀνοίᾳ χρώμενος <span class="bibl">Antipho 3.3.2</span>; ἀμαθίᾳ πλέονι . . χρῆσθε <span class="bibl">Th.1.68</span>; ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις μείζοσιν ἢ κατὰ τὴν ὑπάρχουσαν οὐσίαν ἐχρῆτο <span class="bibl">Id.6.15</span>; φθόνῳ καὶ διαβολῇ χ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>18d</span>; οὺ τῇ ἑαυτοῦ ἁμαρτίᾳ ἀλλὰ τῇ τοῦ πατάξαντος χρησάμενος ἀπέθανεν <span class="bibl">Antipho 4.3.4</span>; τοῖς ἁμαρτήμασι παραπλησίοις ἐχρήσαντο <span class="bibl">Isoc.8.104</span>; μή τι ἄρα τῇ ἐλαφρίᾳ ἐχρησάμην; <span class="bibl"><span class="title">2 Ep.Cor.</span>1.17</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> with verbal nouns. periphr. for the verb derived from the noun, <b class="b3">ἀληθέϊ λόγῳ χ</b>. [[use]] true speech, i.e. speak the truth, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.14</span>; <b class="b3">ἀληθείῃ χ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">116</span>, <span class="bibl">7.101</span>; <b class="b3">βοῇ χ</b>. [[set up]] a cry, <span class="bibl">Id.4.134</span>; <b class="b3">τοιούτῳ πράγματι οὐ κέχρησαι</b>, = [[οὐδὲν τοιοῦτο ἔπραξας]], <span class="bibl">Hyp.<span class="title">Eux.</span>11</span>; <b class="b3">δαψιλέϊ τῷ ποτῷ</b> (fort. [[πότῳ]]) χρησαμένους <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.121</span>.<b class="b3">δ'; ἐσόδῳ χρέο πυκνῶς</b> [[visit]] often, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Decent.</span>13</span>; ἡ σελήνη . . διὰ παντὸς τῇ ἴσῃ παραυξήσει καὶ μειώσει χρῆται <span class="bibl">Gem.18.16</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> c. dupl. dat., [[use as]] so and so, τοῖς ἀγαθοῖσιν . . χ. πρὸς τὰ κακὰ ἀλκῇ <span class="bibl">Democr.173</span>; μιᾷ πόλει ταύτῃ χ. <span class="bibl">Th.2.15</span>; χ. τῷ σίτῳ ὄψῳ ἢ τῷ ὄψῳ σίτῳ <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.14.4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">χ. τισιν ἔς τι</b> [[use]] for an end or purpose, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.34</span>; πρός τι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>11.13</span>; ἐπί τι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.2.9</span>; [[ἀμφί]] or <b class="b3">περί τι</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Oec.</span>9.6</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">An.</span>3.5.10</span>; with neut. Adj. or Pron. as adverb, <b class="b3">τάδε [τῷ ἀμφιβλήστρῳ] χ</b>. [[makes]] the following [[use]] of the net, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.95</span>; χρέωνται οὐδὲν ἐλαίῳ <span class="bibl">Id.1.193</span>; <b class="b3">χρυσῷ καὶ χαλκῷ τὰ πάντα χρέωνται</b> ib.<span class="bibl">215</span>; <b class="b3">λογισμῷ ἐλάχιστα χ., πλεῖστα ἀρετῇ χ</b>., <span class="bibl">Th.2.11</span>, <span class="bibl">5.105</span>; <b class="b3">τί χρήσεταί ποτ' αὐτῷ;</b> what [[use will he make]] of him? <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>935</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.3.18</span>; χ. τἀνδρὶ τοῖς τ' ἐμοῖς λόγοις <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>60</span>; ἠπορούμην ὅ τι χρησαίμην τῇ τούτου παρανομίᾳ <span class="bibl">Lys.3.10</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[treat]], [[deal with]], παραδίδωμι χρᾶσθαι αὐτῷ τοῦτο ὅ τι σὺ βούλεαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.210</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>439</span> (anap.; fort. delendum [[χρήσθων]]), <span class="bibl">Isoc.12.107</span>; <b class="b3">εἰ τύχοι</b> (sc. [[γυνὴ]]) μὴ ἐπιτηδεία γενομένη, τί χρὴ τῇ συμφορᾷ χρῆσθαι; <span class="bibl">Antipho Soph.49</span>; <b class="b3">ἀπορέων ὅ τι χρήσηται τῷ παρεόντι πρήγματι</b> not knowing what [[to make of]] it, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.213</span>; ἠπόρει ὅτι χρήσαιτο <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>321c</span>; οὐκ ἂν ἔχοις ὅτι χρῷο σαυτῷ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cri.</span>45b</span>; in elliptical phrases, τί οὖν χρησώμεθα; <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ly.</span>213c</span>; Θηβαίους ἔχοντες . . τί χρήσεσθε; <span class="bibl">D.8.74</span>: c. dat. et acc. cogn., χρωμένους τῷ κτείναντι χρείαν ἣν ἂν ἐθέλωσι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>868b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">785b</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Clit.</span>407e</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> of persons, <b class="b3">χρῆσθαί τινι ὡς</b> . . [[treat]] him as... χ. τινὶ ὡς ἀνδρὶ ψεύστῃ <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.209</span>; <b class="b3">χ. [τισὶν] ὡς πολεμίοις, ὡς φίλοις καὶ πιστοῖς</b>, [[treat]] as friends or enemies, [[regard]] them as such, <span class="bibl">Th.1.53</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>4.2.8</span>; so φιλικώτερον χρῆσθαί τισι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Mem.</span>4.3.12</span>; ὑβριστικῶς χ. τισί <span class="bibl">D.56.12</span>; also without ὡς, ἔμοιγε χρώμενος διδασκάλῳ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>324</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Heraclit.104</span>; ὥς γ' ἐμοὶ χρῆσθαι κριτῇ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span> 801</span>; οὐ σφόδρα ἐχρώμην Αυκίνῳ φίλῳ <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.63</span>; πλείστοις καὶ δεινοτάτοις ἐχροῖς χ. <span class="bibl">And.4.2</span>; ἀσθενέσι χ. πολεμίοις <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>3.2.4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">χρῆσθαί τινι</b> (without [[φίλῳ]]) to [[be intimate with]] a man, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Hier.</span>5.2</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mem.</span>4.8.11</span>; χρῆσθαι καὶ συνεῖναί τισι <span class="bibl">And.1.49</span>; <b class="b3">ἀνάγκη, ὃς ἂν γένηται</b> (sc. [[παῖς]], son), <b class="b3">τούτῳ χρῆσθαι</b> one must [[put up with]] the son that is born, <span class="bibl">Democr.277</span>: <b class="b3">ἰητρῷ μὴ χρωμένους</b> not [[consulting]] a doctor, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">de Arte</span>5</span> (so c. dat. et acc., <b class="b3">ἐσιέναι παρὰ βασιλέα</b> <b class="b3">μηδένα, δι' ἀγγέλων δὲ πάντα χρᾶσθαι</b> (sc. [[αὐτῷ]]) [[deal with]] him in everything by messengers, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.99</span>); so [[Πλάτωνι]], [[Ξενοφῶντι]], [[χ]]. [[use]], [[study]] their writings, Plu.2.79d: abs., οἱ χρώμενοι [[friends]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Ages.</span>11.13</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mem.</span>2.6.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.6.44</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> especially of sexual intercourse, γυναιξὶ ἐχρᾶτο <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.181</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.2.29</span>, <span class="bibl">2.1.30</span>, <span class="bibl">Is.3.10</span>, <span class="bibl">D.59.67</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">χρῆσθαι ἑαυτῷ</b> [[make use of oneself]] or [[make use of one's powers]], with a part., οὐδ' ὑγιαίνοντι χρώμενος ἑαυτῷ <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Nic.</span>17</span>; αὑτῷ νήφοντι χ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eum.</span>16</span>: so with an Adv., χ. ἑαντῷ πρὸς τοὺς κινδύνους ἀφειδῶς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Alex.</span>45</span>; <b class="b3">παρέχειν ἑαυτὸν ταῖς ἀρχαῖς χρῆσθαι</b> [[place]] oneself at the [[disposal]] of another, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.2.13</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">8.1.5</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> abs., or with Adv., <b class="b3">χρῶνται Πέρσαι οὕτω</b> so the [[Persian]]s are wont to [[do]], such [[is]] their [[custom]]. ib.<span class="bibl">4.3.23</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">VI</span> in later Gk. (<b class="b3">τῷ μεγαλόφρονι</b> shd. be read for <b class="b3">τὸ μεγαλόφρον</b> in <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Ages.</span>11.11</span>) c. acc. rei, χ. τὰ ἀπὸ λιμένων . . εἰς διοίκησιν τῆς πόλεως <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Oec.</span>1350a7</span>; [<b class="b3">θησαυρὸν] χρησάμενοι</b> ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[κτησάμενοι]]) <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Wi.</span>7.14</span>; οἱ χρώμενοι τὸν κόσμον ὡς μὴ καταχρώμενοι <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ep.Cor.</span>7.31</span>; ἄνηθον μετ' ἐλαίου χρήσασθαι <span class="title">IG</span>42(1).126.27 (Epid., ii A. D.); ὕδωρ χρῶ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>273.28</span> (ii/iii A. D.):— for <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.99</span>, v. supr. IV. <span class="bibl">1b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">VII</span> Pass., to [[be used]], especially in aor., <b class="b3">αἱ δὲ</b> (sc. <b class="b3">αἱ νέες</b>) οὐκ ἐχρήσθησαν <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.144</span>; <b class="b3">τέως ἂν χρησθῇ</b> so long as [[it be in use]], <span class="bibl">D.21.16</span>; [σιδήρου τοῦ] χρησθέντος εἰς τύλους <span class="title">Supp.Epigr.</span>4.447.48 (Didyma, ii B. C.); Hsch. also has <b class="b3">χρησθήσεται· χρησιμεύσει</b>:—v. supr. A.11. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">D</span> for [[χρή]], v. sub voc. (Origin and historical order of the forms and senses not clear: [[χρή]] and [[χρῄζω]] are cogn.)</span>